The CCB sleuths produced the duo before the 8th ACMM Judge Kiran Kini as the 1st ACMM Venkatesh R Hulgi was on leave. The accused, earlier, had been remanded to 14 days' police custody on December 18.  

The two were arrested by Bangladesh Rifles along the Indo-Bangla border in Meghalaya and subsequently handed over to Border Security Force on December 2. They were brought to Bangalore on December 4 and have been in police custody since then.